Dysphania neglecta Sukhor., Carpologiya Chenopodiaceae: 347 (2014)

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Liu, Pei-Liang & Kushunina, Maria, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Chenopodiaceae in Himalaya and Tibet, PhytoKeys 116, pp. 1-141 : 64

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.116.27301

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scientific name

Dysphania neglecta Sukhor., Carpologiya Chenopodiaceae: 347 (2014)
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8. Dysphania neglecta Sukhor., Carpologiya Chenopodiaceae: 347 (2014) Fig. 3 View Figure 3

Holotype.

NEPAL, Far West Nepal [Midwestern, Karnali Zone], Jumla Prov. [Distr.], Jumla town, 29°16'28"N, 82°11'01"E, weed in the city, 2400 m a.s.l., 23 Sep 2013, A. Sukhorukov 241 (BM000832632! isotype MW0591987!).

Description.

Annual up to 100(120) cm tall, green or yellowish-green, very aromatic; stem and leaves densely covered with simple (up to 1.0 mm long) and glandular hairs. Lower leaves long-petiolate, up to 10.0 cm long, pinnatifid, middle and upper leaves shorter, up to 5.0 cm long. Inflorescence up to 45 cm long with villose indumentum consisting of simple (up to 1.0 mm long) hairs partially intermixed with glandular hairs. Perianth segments 5, free, 0.8-1.1 × 0.5 mm long, their dorsal part with glandular hairs (up to 0.125 mm) having scaphoid terminal cell, sometimes also with scattered simple hairs (Fig. 23E View Figure 23 ). Fruit 0.7-0.8 mm, subspherical; pericarp with minute wart-like papillae (Fig. 23F View Figure 23 ). Seed blackish, keeled; embryo horizontal.

Habitat.

Limestones, roadsides, along streams at elevations of (1800 –1900)2000– 3200 m a.s.l.

Phenology.

As in D. nepalensis but fruiting 1-2 weeks later, in October (according to the observations in West Nepal).

Distribution.

See Fig. 27 View Figure 27 .

Specimens examined.

INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Simla Distr., Urni-Chim, 9 Jul 1940, M.R. Abbi 2849 (G);

NEPAL: Midwestern: Karnali Zone: [Jumla Distr.] Uthu, E of Jumla, 8000 ft a.s.l., 31 Jul 1952, O. Polunin, W.R. Sykes & L.H.J. Williams 4970 (BM); [Jumla Distr.] 15 km NE from Jumla vill., 1800 m a.s.l., 28 Sep 2010, A. Sukhorukov s.n. (MW); Border of Jumla & Mugu Distr., 1 km from Naurigar vill., 2300 m a.s.l., 26 Sep 2013, A. Sukhorukov s.n. (G); Jumla Distr., Jumla vill., 6 Oct 2014, A. Sukhorukov 585 (BR); Jumla Distr., Sinja, Oct 2014, A. Sukhorukov 57 (M); Mugu Distr., Chauta vill., 2500 m a.s.l., 7 Oct 2014, A. Sukhorukov 599 (MW).

General distribution.

West and Central Himalaya (NE India, Nepal). Common in West Nepal.